1960s[edit]
1964
First African American mayor of a U.S. city: George D. Carroll, Richmond, California
1966
First African-American mayor of a U.S. city: Robert C. Henry, Springfield, Ohio (appointed by city commission)
First African- American mayor of a U.S. city: Floyd J. McCree, Flint, Michigan
1967
First Elected (1967) African American mayor of a large U.S. city: Richard G. Hatcher, Gary, Indiana[4]
First African American mayor of a large U.S. city: Carl Stokes (Cleveland, Ohio)
First African American appointed mayor of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington (see also: 1975)
First African American elected mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan: John Burton [5]
1968
First African American elected Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey: Matthew G. Carter[6]
First African American mayor of a Kentucky city: Luska Twyman, Glasgow, Kentucky
First African American elected mayor of a predominantly white southern city: Howard Nathaniel Lee, Chapel Hill, North Carolina[7]
1969
First African American elected mayor of a Mississippi city: Charles Evers, Fayette, Mississippi[8]
1970s[edit]
1970
First African American elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey: Kenneth A. Gibson
First African American elected mayor of East Orange, New Jersey: William Hart[citation needed]
First African American elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: James H. McGee
First African American appointed mayor of Wichita, Kansas: A. Price Woodard[9]
First African-American elected mayor of Salina, Kansas: Robert C. Caldwell[10]
1971
First African American appointed mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1973)
First African American elected mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois: James Williams[citation needed]
1972
First African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and first African-American mayor of a state capital: James R. Ford
First African-American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Ted Berry
1973
First African American elected mayor of Detroit, Michigan: Coleman Young
First African American elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina: Clarence Lightner
First African American elected mayor of a major Southern city: Maynard Jackson, Atlanta, Georgia[11]
First African American elected mayor of a major Western city: Tom Bradley, Los Angeles, California
First African American woman mayor: Lelia Foley-Davis, Taft, Oklahoma
First African American woman mayor of a major satellite city: Doris A. Davis, Compton, California
First African American elected mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1971)
First African American elected mayor of Manhattan, Kansas: Murt Hanks Jr.[citation needed]
1975
First African American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington (see also: 1967)
First African American mayor of Santa Monica, California: Nat Trives[citation needed]
1977
First African American mayor of Richmond, Virginia: Henry L. Marsh[12] (Note: elected from within nine City Council members; changed to general election in 2003)
1978
First African American elected mayor of Oakland, California: Lionel Wilson
First African American elected mayor of New Orleans: Ernest Nathan Morial
1979
First African American elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama: Richard Arrington, Jr.
1980s[edit]
1981
First African American elected mayor of Camden, New Jersey: Randy Primas[13]
First African American elected mayor of Spokane, Washington: James Everett Chase
First African American elected mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, and first African American elected mayor in Central New Jersey: Everett C. Lattimore[14]
1982
First African American appointed mayor of Memphis, Tennessee: J.O. Patterson, Jr.
1983
First African American elected Mayor of Chicago: Harold Washington
First African American elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina: Harvey Gantt
First African American elected Mayor of Flint: James Sharp
1984
First African American elected Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey: James L. Usry
First African American elected Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wilson Goode
First African American elected mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia: James W. Holley, III
First African American elected mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama: Mary Kate Stovall[citation needed]
1985
First African American elected mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, and first African American elected mayor in New York state: Ronald Blackwood[15]
1987
First African American woman elected mayor of a major city Hartford, Connecticut: Carrie Saxon Perry
First African American appointed mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Clarence H. Burns
First African American elected mayor of Tacoma, Washington: Harold Moss[16]
1988
First African American elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Kurt Schmoke
First African American elected mayor of Hempstead, New York: James A. Garner
1989
First African American elected mayor of New York, New York: David Dinkins
First African American elected mayor of New Haven, Connecticut: John C. Daniels
First African American elected mayor of Richmond, California: George Livingston[17]
First African American elected mayor of Rockford, Illinois: Charles Box
First African American elected mayor of Seattle, Washington: Norm Rice
First African American succeeds to the office of mayor of Minden, Louisiana, via recall of his predecessor: Robert T. Tobin
1990s[edit]
1990
First African American elected Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey: Douglas Palmer
First African American elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina: Leander R. "Lee" Morgan[18]
First African American elected Mayor of Seattle, Washington: Norm Rice[19]
1991
First African American elected mayor of Memphis, Tennessee: W. W. Herenton
First African American elected mayor of Denver, Colorado: Wellington Webb
First African American elected mayor of Kansas City, Missouri: Emanuel Cleaver
First African American woman elected mayor of Washington, D.C.: Sharon Pratt Kellye U
1992
First African American elected mayor of Teague, Texas: Ernest Busby[citation needed]
First African American male elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts: Kenneth Reeves
1993
First African American elected mayor of St. Louis, Missouri: Freeman Bosley, Jr.
First African American elected mayor of Rochester, New York: William A. Johnson, Jr.
1994
First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota: Sharon Sayles Belton
1995
First African American elected mayor of Dallas, Texas: Ron Kirk
First African American elected mayor of Jeanerette, Louisiana: James "T.K." Alexander Sr.[citation needed]
First African American elected mayor of Savannah, Georgia: Floyd Adams, Jr.
1996
First African American elected mayor of San Francisco, California: Willie Brown
First African American elected mayor of Monroe, Louisiana: Abe E. Pierce, III
1997
First African American elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi: Harvey Johnson, Jr.
First African American elected mayor of Houston, Texas: Lee P. Brown
1998
First African American female elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts: E. Denise Simmons
1999
First African American mayor of Pineville, Louisiana: Clarence R. Fields (became interim mayor in 1999; was elected to a partial term in 2000 and reelected to full terms in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014)
First African American mayor of Creedmoor, North Carolina: Darryl Moss[citation needed]
2000s[edit]
2000
First African American elected mayor of Columbus, Ohio: Michael B. Coleman
First African American elected mayor of Selma, Alabama: James Perkins, Jr.
First African-American mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana: Rodney Geyen[citation needed]
First African-American Mayor of Oceanside, California December 2000 Terry Johnson.
2001
First African American elected mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: Johnny DuPree[20]
First African-American woman mayor of a major Southern city, and first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia: Shirley Franklin[21]
First African American and first woman elected mayor of Southfield, Michigan: Brenda L. Lawrence
First African American elected mayor of Heidelberg, Mississippi: Juan Barnett[citation needed]
First African American elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina: Marshall Pitts Jr.[22]
First African American female Republican elected mayor of Tchula, Mississippi: Yvonne Brown[23]
2002
First African-American woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: Rhine McLin
First African American elected mayor of Toledo, Ohio: Jack Ford
First African American elected mayor of Kingsland, Georgia: Kenneth E. Smith, Sr.[citation needed]
2003
First African-American elected mayor of Palm Springs, California: Ron Oden
First African American elected by citizens as mayor of Tallahassee, Florida: John Marks
First African-American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of San Ramon, California: H. Abram Wilson
2004
First African American elected mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Kip Holden
First African American mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marvin Pratt
First African American elected mayor of Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Carl A. Redus, Jr.[24]
2005
First African American elected mayor of Buffalo, New York: Byron Brown
First African American elected mayor of Mobile, Alabama: Sam Jones
First African American elected mayor of Asheville, North Carolina: Terry Bellamy
First African American elected mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Mark Mallory
First African American elected mayor of Youngstown, Ohio: Jay Williams
2006
First African American elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana: Cedric Glover
First African American elected mayor of Anderson, South Carolina: Terence Roberts
First African American elected mayor of Killeen, Texas: Timothy Hancock [25]
2007
First African American woman and first woman elected mayor of Sharpsburg, Kentucky: Dorothy C. Clemons
First African American woman and first woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Sheila Dixon
First African American elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina: Yvonne Johnson
First African American elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas: Carl Brewer
First African American elected mayor of South Harrison Township, New Jersey: Charles Tyson[26]
2008
First African American elected mayor of Blue Springs, Missouri: Carson Ross
First African American elected mayor of Lancaster, Texas: Marcus Knight
First African American elected mayor of Mansfield, Ohio: Donald Culliver
First African American elected mayor of Sacramento, California: Kevin Johnson
First African American mayor of Festus, Missouri: Earl Cook[27]
First African-American elected mayor of Damascus, Georgia: Vivian Pounder[citation needed]
2009
First African American elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi: James Young
First African American elected mayor of Freeport, New York: Andrew Hardwick[28]
First African American and first woman elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and first African-American woman elected mayor in Utah: Mia Love[29]
First African American woman elected mayor of Brentwood, Maryland: Xzavier Montgomery-Wright[30]
2010s[edit]
2010
First African-American woman elected mayor of Fontana, California: Acquanetta Warren[31]
First African American elected mayor of Columbia, South Carolina: Stephen K. Benjamin
2011
First African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida: Alvin Brown[32]
First African-American mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee: Daniel Brown
2012
First African-American mayor of Ithaca, New York: Svante Myrick
First African-American mayor of Antioch, California: Wade Harper[33]
First African-American mayor of Garland, North Carolina: Winifred Hill Murphy[citation needed]
First African-American and first female mayor of Orrville, Alabama: Louvenia Diane Lumpkin[citation needed]
First African American mayor of Phenix City, Alabama: Eddie Lowe
First African-American woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana: Karen Freeman-Wilson
2013
First African-American mayor of Plano, Texas: Harry LaRosiliere
2014
First African-American mayor of Brunswick, Georgia: Cornell Harvey
First African-American female mayor of San Antonio, Texas: Ivy Taylor[34]
First African-American mayor of Purcellville, Virginia: Kwasi Fraser[citation needed]
First African-American woman elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana: Ollie Tyler
First African-American mayor of Adairsville, Georgia: Kenneth J. Carson Sr.[citation needed]
First African-American female Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, as well as the first African-American female mayor of any municipality in Bergen County, New Jersey: Lizette Parker[35]
2015
First African American and first African-American woman elected mayor of Pearsall, Texas: Mary Moore[36]
First African American and first African-American woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina: Barbara Blain-Bellamy[37]
First African American elected mayor of Camilla, Georgia: Rufus L Davis II[38]
2016
First African-American and first African-American female mayor of Midland City, Alabama: Jo Ann Bennett Grimsley[39]
2017
First African-American mayor of Aurora, Illinois: Richard C. Irvin |